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<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">As an English Studies graduate student with a full-time internship at a public radio station, a teaching internship, a sometimes part-time job at a comedy club, and everything else that comes along with living life, pleasure reading is not something that I am able to do often. Don’t get me wrong, I read a lot (a whole lot!), but most of what I have read lately has been for academic purposes. A majority of it I like, but some of it is, to be quite frank, B-O-R-I-N-G.Fri, 08 Jan 2016 14:00:00 +0000Melissa Stone86505 at http://whqr.orgThe Five Best Texts I Read in 2015My Top 5: Deathly Tales about Dead Composershttp://whqr.org/post/my-top-5-deathly-tales-about-dead-composers
<p>There's nothing better than a good story. &nbsp;The history of classical music is chock full of them. &nbsp;In the spirit of Halloween, I'm delighted to share with you 5 of my favorite tales related to the death (or after-life) of composers. &nbsp;These range from the stubborn to the eerie to the just plain bizarre, arranged in ascending order.&nbsp;</p>Fri, 30 Oct 2015 04:54:46 +0000Gina Gambony82570 at http://whqr.orgMy Top 5: Deathly Tales about Dead ComposersFriday Feedback for September 4, 2015http://whqr.org/post/friday-feedback-september-4-2015
<p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It’s hurricane season, and that means coastal residents are alert to weather patterns developing in other parts of the world, including some Portuguese-speaking islands. But how do you pronounce V-E-R-D-E? Photographer, WHQR supporter and volunteer Paul Reinman set us straight:</p>Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:28:45 +0000Cleve Callison79219 at http://whqr.orgFriday Feedback for September 4, 2015Top Five Hotdogshttp://whqr.org/post/top-five-hotdogs
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">I love all things “food,” and almost everyone loves a good hotdog, so I embarked on a search for the five best hotdogs in the region. I realized early in my research that I was going to have to limit the search to Wilmington proper for now, as Carolina Beach, </span>Burgaw<span style="line-height: 1.5;">, Rocky Point, and points beyond the city limits all have too many hotdog vendors for me to cover in one blog, but I will consider others in the future.Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:52:45 +0000Barbara Bush78825 at http://whqr.orgTop Five HotdogsMy Top Five Music Bedshttp://whqr.org/post/my-top-five-music-beds
<p><strong>Top 5 Music Beds</strong></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">When you’re driving along in your car, getting your local and national news from your public radio station, you might hear a song in the background that strikes your fancy. It may serve as a break between news stories, or it might be under an underwriting message. Before you can get out of your phone to </span>Spotify<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> the selection, it’s gone.</span></p>Fri, 07 Aug 2015 11:45:00 +0000Isabelle Shepherd77523 at http://whqr.orgMy Top Five Music BedsMy Top Five Non-WHQR Radio Stationshttp://whqr.org/post/my-top-five-non-whqr-radio-stations
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Working at WHQR (my top station, if there be doubts) as the webmaster, I think a lot about radio, and what makes good radio. There are some generally agreed upon production standards that can help programs sound good or bad. There are basic problems, like that one dj who always plays with the zipper of his jacket on-air so you can't think about the weather advisory he's reading. All you hear is zzzzzzip zzzzzip zzzzzip. Beyond basic sound issues like that, though, it starts to get wishy-washy, creative, and cool.</p>Thu, 06 Feb 2014 21:18:56 +0000Jason Hess50111 at http://whqr.orgMy Top Five Non-WHQR Radio StationsMy Top Five: Books I'm excited to read in 2013http://whqr.org/post/my-top-five-books-im-excited-read-2013
<p>I often have trouble motivating myself to read recent books -- after all, there are thousands of years of world literature out there and I've only made it through the tiniest fraction! But I'll never finish all of the novels ever written, so in 2013, I am going to read at least five brand new works of fiction. I wouldn't quite call it a resolution, since those are destined to fail (and since it's already halfway through January), and because resolution implies some sort of struggle or sacrifice. These are all books I'm eagerly waiting to hit the bookstore and library shelves.</p>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:07:48 +0000Michelle Crouch30274 at http://whqr.orgMy Top Five: Books I'm excited to read in 2013My Five Favorite Family (mostly) Holiday Recipeshttp://whqr.org/post/my-five-favorite-family-mostly-holiday-recipes
<p>I wanted to share a few great recipes – the most requested, every-year-on-the-table Thanksgiving favorites of my family. Most of these, my family and I have made for tens of years, but all have graced the holiday table every year since 2007 when we all found ourselves relocated to Wilmington.Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:47:15 +0000Mary Bradley27556 at http://whqr.orgMy Five Favorite Family (mostly) Holiday RecipesMy Top Five - Cucalorus features to check out this yearhttp://whqr.org/post/my-top-five-cucalorus-features-check-out-year
<p>It’s that most wonderful time of the year in Wilmington -- the week of the <strong><a href="http://cucalorus.org">Cucalorus Film Festival</a></strong>. This is only the second time I’ve been around for it, but if it’s like last year’s, it will involve more films than one two-eyed human can possibly absorb, fun parties, and very high-quality people watching.</p>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:06:35 +0000Michelle Crouch26785 at http://whqr.orgMy Top Five - Cucalorus features to check out this yearFortress(es) of Solitude: Top 5 Things to do Alone in ILMhttp://whqr.org/post/fortresses-solitude-top-5-things-do-alone-ilm
<p>From Thoreau&rsquo;s <em>Walking</em>: &ldquo;If you are ready to leave father and mother, and brother and sister, and wife and child and friends,&nbsp;and never see them again; if you have paid your debts, and made your will, and settled all your affairs, and are a free man; then you are ready for a walk.&rdquo; &nbsp;Amongst the various and complex themes imbedded here, the spirit of solitude in Thoreau&rsquo;s lines is what moves me. I don&rsquo;t literally want to leave my family and never return, but I do want to be alone every now and then&hellip; Who doesn&rsquo;t?</p>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:00:00 +0000David Howell21210 at http://whqr.orgFortress(es) of Solitude: Top 5 Things to do Alone in ILM